o'reilly thinks sandy has over the do with it. it had something to do with it. ground game for obama had a lot to do with it. in the end, demographic change. if you didn't get up to 74-75 of the vote being white, it was very difficult for any republican to win. the fact is, it was 72%. it's only going to get worse. which means that the republicans will have to figure out some way, not just romney. republicans have to figure out a way to reach in hispanic community. four generations of hispanics been here for a long time vote republican. that is the natural place to be. for some reason the republicans come up with ridiculous people that talk about fences and sending everybody back and doing that stuff. all you do -- >> dana: let's talk about immigration in particular. i want to ask eric about the economy. in the primaries, which there were 12 or 13 candidates running in the primaries, romney went to the right of governor rick perry. then he doesn't talk about it further as he gets in the campaign. doesn't move anywhere. actually, really kind of lost steam when yo